Executive Takes A Swing At McKenna's Maple Leaf Hype

An NHL executive is making it clear he does not want the Gavin McKenna-to-Toronto machine running away with itself. That kind of blunt talk usually says as much about the league’s opinion of the hype cycle as it does about the player himself. McKenna is already living in the kind of spotlight that warps expectations before a prospect even picks a pro team. When an executive starts firing off harsh words, it is usually because somebody in the room thinks the story is getting ahead of the facts.